MLLs on rise in local schools

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD — The number of Multi-Language Learners (MLLs), formerly English as a Second Language or English as a Learned Language students, has grown from 90 in Fiscal 2022 to 133 in Fiscal 2025, a 48 percent increase. 

“We’re seeing significant need,” Superintendent Doug Lyons said at the School Committee meeting Tuesday, March 11 as part of his Fiscal 2026 budget presentation. “Support…

 

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